MethodSoak uncooked rice , toor dhal together for 2 hours . grind the rice and toor dhall .while grinding put the red chillies, cumin seeds, garlic pods, turmeric powder and salt. Grind a bit coarsely. Do not grind too smoothly.Sauté onion and curry leaves. Mix the sautéed onion in the batter. Heat the tawa and pour a ladle full of batter in it and make adai. Pour oil in the edges of the adai. Wait till it turns golden brown. Turn the adai and again wait till it gets cooked.

Tasty adai is ready to eat . You can eat it as it is or with chutney ,tomato ketchup.

Monday, May 21, 2007

Use white onions for bhel puri and chat items since its not as hot as other onions.and also remove the inside pulp of tomatoes for the same items because chat items will become watery if tomatoes are used as it is.

Mix the rava and the fried things together. Add salt. Let it cool.Add curd and mix. if the batter is dry ,add milk and some water. Do not add too much water. The batter should be like idli flour consistency.if the curd is sour too much you can add another ½ cup of milk. So it wont be sour.

Pour the batter in the idli plates and cook for 25 to 30 minutes in idli cooker.Serve hot with coconut or pudina chutney. P.S you can add grated carrot at the top of the batter in idli plates.it will look great!